The writings of George Washington; being his correspondence, addresses, messages, and other papers, official and private, selected and published from the original manuscripts; with a life of the author, notes and illustrations. By Jared Sparks.

APPrENDIX.] AGRICULTURAL PAPERS. 371
ner of Dogue-Run field No. 4, leaying all south of it for this
farm; as the north part will be for Muddy-Hole farm; and, as it
will be for the mutual benefit of both farms, the fence must be
erected at the joint expense of both.
Fencing.
The one just mentioned must be completed in the course of
the winter; and every possible exertion must be made to strengthen,
and render substantially good, the whole of the exterior or outer
fence of the farm. To do this, and to avoid all unnecessary consumption of timber, the partition fence between the fields No. 6
and No. 7, as it now stands, quite up to the woods, and thence
to the fence leading from the Ferry to the Mill road from the
Mansion-House, may be taken away and applied to that fence, and
to the trunnel-fence on the Mill road, where they unite, until it
comes to the meadow fence at the bridge; leaving the fields No. 6
and No. 7, and the woodland adjoining, under one enclosure. In
like manner, the fences dividing No. I from No. 2, and No. 2
from No. 3, may be used for a fence around the creek, until it
unites with that opposite to the Mill house; without which neither
of those fields will be secure, as hogs have been taught, or of
themselves have learnt, to cross the creek in pursuit of food. For
strengthening effectually the fence from the plank bridge by the
Barn lane to the Branch opposite to the Mill house, new rails must
be got in the nearest wood between the Mill road and the road
leading to the Gum Spring.
The west fence of No. 5 must, next year, or as soon as it can
be accomplished, be removed across the Branch, and placed in a
line with the new ditch fence of the lower meadow, until it comes
in range with the south line of the said field and, until a fence
is run from the end thereof to the nearest part of the outer fence
opposite to the Mill, and a second gate established thereat, or until
that intercourse between the Barn and Mill is effectually barred,
which would be the cheapest and most convenient mode, there
would be no security for any crop growing in fields Nos. 1, 2, and
3, as leaving the gate by the Mill run open only five minutes
might deluge the whole with the hogs at that place; and they
might be there a night or two, perhaps more, before they were
discovered, and'do irreparable damage. Indeed, the latter mode
has so much the advantage of the former, especially as my intercourse with the Mill will in a great measure cease, that I see no
cause to hesitate a moment in adopting it; and, to prevent opening